Tyler Bron, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Wichita, KSNPI 1073874814
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (58.0%), food and beverage and travel and lodging — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. Stryker accounts for 96.8% of it on its own, with 12 other manufacturers making up the rest. 2025 is the largest year on record at $48,219, more than ten times the $3,393 reported in 2019. Among orthopaedic surgery clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 595 payments — averaging $180.39 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Stryker$104K
- Smith+Nephew$2K
- Zimmer Biomet$933
- Avanos Medical$248
- Medtronic$117
- Davol Inc.$52
- plus $136 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$62,20058%
- Travel & lodging$19,96119%
- Food & beverage$24,77823%
- Education$3580%
- Entertainment$350%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Stryker | 548 | $103,866 |
| Smith+Nephew | 12 | $1,978 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 10 | $933 |
| Avanos Medical | 13 | $248 |
| Medtronic | 3 | $117 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $52 |
| Argentum Medical | 2 | $35 |
| Si-bone, Inc. | 1 | $34 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| Gemini Mountain Medical, LLC | 1 | $13 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Medacta USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $11 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- GMRS$39,880
- TRIATHLON$36,005
- MAKO$30,946
- RESTORATION$23,763
- TRITANIUM$15,600
- ACCOLADE$11,429
- AEQUALIS$9,400
- INSIGNIA$6,912
- Journey II$1,797
- Legion Revision$1,151
- OR3O Dual Mobility$1,151
- RI.HIP NAVIGATION$1,151
- JOURNEY$1,151
- Persona$454
- RESTORIS$400
- REAL INTELLIGENCE$370
- ROSA$177
- AEQUALIS ASCEND FLEX$120
How this compares
$107,331 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 197 orthopaedic surgery providers in Kansas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 34 | $348 |
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 14 | $185 |
| Meloxicam | 55 | $152 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 18 | $140 |
| Celecoxib | 13 | $134 |
| Amoxicillin | 26 | $44 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Wichita
- Jeffrey ShepherdWichita$87K
- Scott AdrianWichita$58K
- Andrew MerwinWichita$45K
- Paul EnnsWichita$27K
- Justin StricklandWichita$26K
- Levi KindelWichita$10K
- Scott HaskinsWichita$9K
- Kevin HoferWichita$9K
- David AndersonKansas City$490K
- Brandon CarlsonKansas City$299K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.